St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-01
The CUP STAYS HERE.
A Splendid Race Contested
by the Volunteer and the
Thistle.
There was a Brisk Breeze and
All the Conditions We're
Good
For Testing the Comparative
Merits Of the Two Swift
Yachts.
The American Boat Beats the
Seotehman by Eleven Min
utes' Time.
speciaI to the Clone

other gloomy outlook for the yachts this
morning. The fog of yesterday which
had never been entirely dissipated con-
tinued to shut out the view. There was
a good wind, however, which continued
to freshen, changing round to the south.
AT 9:30 o'clock heavy rain poured
down with the accompaniment of a
twenty mile breeze off Sandy Hook.
The Thistle spent the night in the
Horseshoe, while the Volunteer re-
manned at her old anchorage off Bay
ridge and came down to the hook this
morning. The men on the Scotch cut
ter were grooming their pretty craft at
daylight. They went over her hull and
BRUSHED HEB DOWN
much in the style of stablemen curry
ing racer who was expected to carryn
the winning cOlors that day. AT 10
o'clock the fog lifted and revealed
couple of miles of clear water, and half'
an hour later two more miles could be
seen, and the Thistle and Volunteer.
proceeded to the starting point. The
Electro, with the regatta committee and
hundred of very anxious yachtsmen
ON board, lolled about surveying the
scene. The prospects for a race were
good, but still far from satisfactory.
The fog had thinned out sufficiently to
render sailing through it safe enough
and fifteen-mile breeze challenged the
cup contestants to test their metal. But
sightseers would have to keep up close
and use their best eyesight in order to
keep track of the skimming yachts.
The wind being from the east deter
mined the course. 1t was twenty miles
to windward and lay out to sea. At
10:42 the starting gun was fired and
both yachts went over the line
AT A TERRIFIC CLIP.
The Thistle was to windward, but the
big white sloop from Boston was ia the
lead. They were carrying mainsail,i
fore staysail, jib and working topsails.;
AS they dashhd off into the northeast no
one could say which was getting the bet
ter of it. They each seemed to beYying
with the speed of the wind, and it was
all that some of the steamboats, could do
to keep the Scudding yachts in sight.
: The Volunteer was leaning slightly
more than the Scotchman, but each was
keeled good deal. The wind was blow.
ing twenty miles an hour, and it gave
signs of holding out and even of fresh
ening. The Volunteer hung on to the
wind like part of it. She was sailing
in its very teeth, and her long bowspirt
pointed perceptibly better than that Of
her rival. Just behind and still to wind.
ward the Thistle was
CUTTING THE WATER
like knife, and SO well were both
yachts sailing, and so slight the distance
between them that the betting was
about even, The course of the racers
was almost parallel with the southern
coast of Long Island, and they made
such brilliant running that the fleet OF
excursion bots was soon left far In the
rear. Slowly but surely the Volunteer
Il md flYnr
passed ROckawSy, the white sloop had
lead of at least half mile and she
had gained it chiefly through her ability
to point closer to the wind than the cut
ter. At noon the yachts had gained a
point off Long Reach and the Yankee
boat had increased her lead till she was
good mile to the fore. At 1880 o'clock
both yachts went on the starboard
tack standing in toward shore. The
Volunteer was Enthusiastically. gaining
and her lead was fully one mile and a
quarter at 80. 1880 o'clock the two
boats could be seen nearing the stake
boat off Long Beach which they were.
turn. To all appearfncesthe volunteer
was widening the gain between fheer and
her rival. At 2:30 p. IN. she
TURNED THE STAKE BOAT.
in the port tack amid deafening screams
from fifty vessels standing off Jones'
Inlet. The Thistle at this time was
about mile off the stake boat and on
her Starboard tack. In seventeen min
utes later she turned the boat and was
greeted as the Volunteer mad been.
When the volunteer turned she i'm,
flying ahead. Enthusiastically she was
increasing her lead. AT 8 O'clock the
yachts were directly opposite the
Long Beach hotel. They were both car
rying spinnaker, balloon topsail and
club sail, as well as main sail. They
were flying before the wind with the
Volunteer two miles in the lead. At
3:45 the Volunteer was rushing along
toward home with a full sheet and
foaming bow. The wind was fresher,
perhaps, than it had. been at any time
during the day. Away back in the rear,
somewhere in the neighborhood of two
miles and half. was the Thistle. She
had tried for the second time to win
that cup and failed, or rather would fail
in the course of half an hour. The win
ner, the Volunteer, rushed up amid
blasts upon blasts from steam whistles
and
CROSSED THE LINE
at 4 :23-47. The Elictra'S gun was fired
and belched out louder than it ever did.
The Volunteer eased up little, took in
llOl UollOOil SlU SttnCO Oh ACl III
umphant way to Bay Ridge. The steam
boats and excursfonists waited and
watched for Sathe Scotch boat.
She looked as3 pretty and brave
as she ever did, but that was all. She
crossed the finish line IL minutes behind
the Volunteer. She, too, got cheers and
toots of whistles, because she had tried
and tried bravely. Mr.. Bell and Capt.
Barr were now convinced that Designer
Watson would have to get ideas on
yacht building from somewhere else
than the Clyde. The Thistle had been
beaten in light winds and in strong ones
too. To-day settled eonclusively the
question of superiority. The race had
been on the wind all the time. and the
Thistle had been clearly outsailed. She
is a good boat was the popular verdict,
but not good enough to race with the
Volunteer. The following Is the official
time of the race:
Thistle, start 1O:4O-21, finish 4:35-12, ac-
tual time 5 :54-51, corrected 5 :54-45; Volun-
teer. start, 10 100000, finish 4:23-47, actual
time 5 :42-56A, corrected 5:42-56iA.
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